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Hamptons has appointed Chris Randall as regional sales director, overseeing the businesses South West and West London regions.  He takes over from...

Welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity, our chance to salute those who do so much to help others. If your agency...

A variety of charities have received support from the property industry this week. If there are charitable endeavours you think the rest...

A variety of charities have received support from the property industry this week. If there are charitable endeavours you think the rest...

Much of the focus may have been on the Spring Budget this week but a variety of charities have received support from...

United Kingdom Sotheby’s International Realty is ramping up its offering with a new countryside office situated just outside of Cobham in...

The borough of Richmond upon Thames in London has been crowned the happiest place to live in Great Britain, according to...

Savills and the Daily Telegraph newspaper have combined to produce a league table of what they claim to be Britain’s 50...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

It has been a busy start to the year for job moves. If you want your jobs or appointments news to feature...

If journalists believed everything they received in their inboxes, you’d be forgiven for thinking the private rental sector was a shiny,...

One of the stranger stories emerging from the fallout of Kwasi Kwarteng’s sacking last Friday has been news that someone in...

Agents have been putting their hands in their pockets and getting active for plenty of good causes over the past week. If...

Another ‘prestigious’ London location has been added to the Fine & Country roster, with Teddington the latest to open a branch...

A record share of buyers are leaving London to purchase their first home, research shows. Analysis by Hamptons found that a record...

There has been plenty of movement in the property jobs market this month. Here are some of the latest moves that took...

An estate agency has revealed which London boroughs have been the busiest in terms of the number of homes sold as...

This year, Londoners purchased 112,780 homes outside the capital, the highest number since 2007. New data, from Connells-owned agency Hamptons, shows that...

Halifax has revealed the UK’s most expensive streets in 2021 - and it’s no surprise that the very dearest examples are...

The founder and managing director of FCS Compliance, Jerry Walters, has died suddenly. A statement from the company says he died during...

With property fraud on the rise and an ever-increasing number of transactions taking place in the lettings sector, having strict anti-money laundering...

One of the earliest London agencies to adopt a hub-style operation with self-employed agents working on a high commission basis, has...

A study by estate agency Coulters has revealed which areas of the country make the biggest savings courtesy of the stamp...

Hello - and here we are nearing the end of the strangest of years.  With agents and industry suppliers rushed off their...

What’s the happiest place in Britain? Rightmove has the answer. In a new ‘Happy At Home’ index calculated by the portal and...

Hello and at the start of another working week, welcome to our regular jobs slot announcing who’s moving where within the...

One of the highest profile and most widely respected figures in the British property industry has died suddenly. He was 72. Tony...

US-originated estate agency Keller Williams claims to be the fastest growing in the UK as a result of 29 agents joining...

How prime London has changed. In 2002 work began on The Knightsbridge. Located within a stone’s throw of Harrods and a near-neighbour...

An online agency which is free to list for vendors says it wants prospective buyers to stay in the property they...

Congratulations from everyone at Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today to all those who triumphed at the Relocation Agent Network...

Independent family-run agency Kalmars, which currently has just one office in the capital, has revealed the first of four new branches...

An estate agent is linking a drop in transactions of as much as 20 per cent with the stamp duty increases...

Three former online estate agency founders - including the controversial Russell Quirk - are going into mainstream full fee agency. They are...

Nicky Stevenson has had a very varied and interesting career in property. She started out as a lettings negotiator for Nicholas...

Sellers are back with a vengeance according to figures from online agency HouseSimple.  It claims the Brexit date extension has given sellers...

At the end of a week consisting of largely depressing market reports, new data from Knight Frank suggests that the bad...

Few can deny that with announcements from MPs and an announcement from Purplebricks, that it’s been an extraordinary week.  While it may...

A property platform that has chronicled the London sales market’s problems in recent years says the recovery will start in 2020...

A firm which recently joined the ‘hub club’ of agencies using centralised services offices says its won a major new build...

Hello and welcome to this year’s first edition of Property Jobs Today, reporting on the first industry moves of 2019. We’re told...

Estate Agent Today can reveal that US-owned franchise agency Keller Williams has ‘soft-opened’ two new market centres in the south of...

A sales and lettings agency specialising in waterside property along the Thames is linking up with a larger business to co-market...

There was a drop in the number of new listings across the UK last month, suggesting that the usual autumn rush to...

Another high profile estate agency office in London has closed - this time a branch of Winkworth.  The Richmond branch has been...

Estate Agent Today can reveal that Foxtons has closed another London agency office - this time at Barnes in the borough...

Home is where ? - Recently moved actually, live in a lovely house that looks over the Thames Estuary. I love...

Hello and welcome to Property Jobs Today, the regular Monday round-up of moves and changes in our industry. Do please let us...

Asking prices are being cut more heavily than at any time in the past six years says Zoopla.  It says just over...

Members of the Relocation Agent Network are celebrating after a successful annual awards event in London, combined with keynote conference sessions...

An inspirational young estate agent from Henley-on-Thames has received a prestigious national award for young people who have experience of living...

Leamington Spa in Warwickshire has been named as the happiest place to live in Great Britain in Rightmove’s 2017 Happy at...

Every week we remain in awe of the charity fund-raising undertaken by our industry - and often forgotten by those who...

More than a third of the homes in London currently on the market have had their asking prices reduced according to...

It’s the morning after the festival before for the 150,000 estimated revellers who enjoyed the Glastonbury Festival which drew to a...

Savills has acquired Granville Residential, an independent agency covering the high-end Marlow, Maidenhead, Bourne End and Cookham areas in Berkshire and...

An inquest has ruled that the death of an estate agent was caused by shock or dry-drowning. Twenty-eight-year-old Daniel Hutton died last...

Eaton Square, in the heart of London’s wealthy Belgravia district, has been crowned the most expensive street in England and Wales,...

Three former staff members of Countrywide have been recruited to management positions in Haart.  James Dowling, Jason Carlisle and Matthew Jenvey are...

Some of this week’s headlines - ‘Firms must list foreign workers’ and ‘NHS to no longer rely on foreign doctors’ -...

  OnTheMarket says Andrew Milsom Estate Agents, a six branch agency in Buckinghamshire and Berkshire, has joined the portal.   The website says the...

The head of Oasis estate agency in Staines has become a hero after saving a man from drowning after a pair...

The joke doing the rounds last week still seems to be just as relevant this week: “the only man with a...

Who are you? I’m the champion of local owner managed estate agents, leading them in the fight to beat the competition   What...

Rayner Personnel is increasing its firepower in the key south east of England recruitment market with the announcement that husband and...

Agent members of OnTheMarket who contacted an action group set up following grievances about the portal have been invited to a...

The agency industry consultant who has volunteered to coordinate responses to OnTheMarket’s legal warnings to estate agents say he has been...

An industry consultant says he has been asked to form an action group OnTheMarket member agents who are disillusioned with the...

An analysis of homes on sale in every borough of London shows up to a third of properties in some areas...

What Countrywide are getting at is that they want to think more like retailers to engage better with customers.  If this is...

Respected industry trainer Adam Walker is teaming up with Iain White of Agency Mentors to offer seminars, webinars and one-to-one advice...

Who are you? Chris Coates What does it say on your business card? Chris Coates As a small team we don’t have a hang up...

Two senior figures from major agencies have teamed up to form a new training operation called Agency Mentors.  Iain White, a former...

New property listings on Rightmove plummeted by 21.5 per cent across the UK in November according to an analysis made by...

The UK is filled with popular historic locations. Naturally, Surrey is a popular choice for buyers looking for homes with historic...

Cluttons claims homes for sale on the River Thames or with Thames views can command premiums of up to 67 per...

I’m writing this from the brand spanking new Center Parks in Woburn Forest. Set within 365 acres of lush Bedfordshire forest,...

It's only one month before the clocks change so agents have been cramming in their good works before the worst of...

The Romans Group has confirmed its fourth acquisition of the year - it has now merged with Campsie’s residential and commercial...

Estate agency Romans has claimed that it is the 'strongest property brand' in the Thames Valley.  The Romans Group recently commissioned a...

An estate agent that reportedly left a client’s passport and tax information in the street over 18 months ago has been...

The ex-Savills and ex-Romans agent who heads the estate agency Capital & Coastal, Michael Riley has stepped into the row between...